Exam 5: Anxiety Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders

People with _______________ anxiety disorder have such an intense fear of social situations that they may avoid them altogether or endure them only with great distress.

A therapist points out to her client that the client's social phobia results from irrational needs for social approval and extreme perfectionism. The therapist is following a treatment approach Most like that of ______.

______ is a neurotransmitter which helps tone down the stress response.

The cognitive proneness to panic disorders has been labeled ______.

Hoarding disorder affects about ______ of the general population.

Deep brain stimulation has shown promising results in treating _________, and research indicates that it may also be helpful in treating __________ .

Cognitive-behavior therapists often treat generalized anxiety with ______.

Which of the following phobias tends to develop at the oldest age?

Greater excitability of the ______ may explain why people with phobic disorders experience more fear in response to threatening cues from the environment.

A neurosis was originally seen as an affliction of the ______.

According to the two-factor model, the avoidance component of a phobia is acquired by ______.

The most popular treatments for panic disorder are drug therapy and ______ therapy.

Catastrophic misinterpretations of bodily sensations may set into motion a spiraling cycle of anxiety that culminates in full-fledged panic attacks.

Specific phobias affect about ________ people at some point in their lives.

_______ is often used in treating body dysmorphic disorder.

Gradual exposure is a _________ technique for treating agoraphobia.

Marcy has a persistent fear that she is going to publicly embarrass or humiliate herself with some unintended behavioral mistake. She is overly critical of her own behavior, fears criticism By others, and experiences overarousal in interactions with others. She is best diagnosed as Having ______.

Todd is preoccupied with a small bump on his nose that he thinks is "huge and grotesque." Daily, he spends hours in front of the mirror examining his perceived defect. Todd would most likely be diagnosed with ______ .

A type of exposure therapy in which a subject is exposed to intensely anxiety-provoking situations is called ______.

Biological factors play little, if any role in anxiety disorders.